Tube rigs
5/5/2008 11:37:32 AM (65 views) (0 comments)
Been a while since I posted anything new, so I thought I would catch up a bit on the tube gear.
Been trying to generate 10m activity in this area, and using the tube gear on the 10m band, which isn't easy sometimes. The tube gear can be a bit finicky at times. For instance, the Drake T4XC and R4C can only do abt 50w output on that band. not ...
10m and Tube rig's
3/23/2008 6:16:10 PM (256 views) (0 comments)
Hi, haven't posted anything in a while, so thought I would just catch up a bit.
Been working on 10m a lot lately, although I have only made a few local contacts so far. Been trying to stir up some 10m activity in this area. I also have a friend who is a technician that is dying to make some 10m contacts, so we get on there everyday and chat ...
new old gear
3/1/2008 2:40:30 PM (264 views) (0 comments)
The other day I had a chance to swing a deal for some tube gear, which I happen to really enjoy. I had a Yaesu ft-857 which I wasnt really using to much other than for 2M, so I did a swap with a local ham that was looking for an HF rig fr his truck. I ended up with a set of C-line drake twins, a Heathkit 1KW Linear, and a Heathkit xmtr/rcvr also. ...
w000t, new Vanity callsign finally here
2/11/2008 2:41:12 PM (485 views) (1 comments)
Wow, after waiing for the F.C.C for what seemed an eternity, my NEW callsign is finally here. I went with W7DTG (my initials) for the new callsign. I would have had t at the same time that becky did, but I made 1 little change to it while in the process of changing the call, and it changed my receive date from the 18th to the 22nd....AAARRRGGGHHH< ...
Spar Winter field day
1/27/2008 2:41:03 PM (253 views) (0 comments)
Well, the weekend event is now over with, and we have a total of 80 contacts under our belt for the whole weekend. Apparently it isn't as popular a contest as we had hoped, since a good number of the contacts had no idea why we were sending "winter field day". After spending several minutes explaining to them what we were doing, they wou ...
SPAR contest weekend
1/25/2008 3:08:49 AM (255 views) (0 comments)
Woot, another contest this weekend. All i got to do is set up ALL my gear out in the backyard in a tent, run a generator to the radios, and away i go !!!
This weekend is the SPAR field day event. SPAR is the Society for the Preservation of Amateur Radio, and they are hosting a winter field day event. Don't want no summer pansies for this one ...
